The Malta Historical Society is a society devoted to the history of Malta.
[1] It was founded in 1950 after a public appeal by professor Arturo Bonnici in Lehen is-Sewwa, the Catholic Action newspaper.
Bonnici was subsequently elected the first president.
[2] Other past presidents include Seraphim Zarb, Vincent Borg, Godfrey Wettinger, Albert Ganado, Stanley Fiorini, Mario Buhagiar, Giovanni Bonello, Roger Ellul Micallef and Theresa Vella.
[3] Godfrey Wettinger was also a founding member.